this is the lesson...

...in following the way -

remember it.

how do you follow the way?

go where you are sent.
wait until you are shown what to do.
do it with your whole self.
remain until you have done what you are sent to do.
walk away with empty hands.

how much will it cost?

the cost is everything,
for all you are and all you have
will be asked of you
before the journey runs its course.

how will you know your fellow travelers?

their faces will be marked by scars of love.
no one will ever tell you that the way is easy;
only that it is possible.
no one can tell you if the journey is worthwhile,
for your wages are concealed.
they will be shown you only on the last day of eternity.

but whoever chooses to follow the way
will have company as fellow travelers
and a resting place at journey's end
in the Mecca of the heart.